Bula — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bula

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,034 babies named Bula between 1881 and 1950, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bula currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bula performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 304 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Bula shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Bula in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bula in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,034 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.